WELCOME TO MCC!
10/19/14
LORD I LIFT YOUR NAME ON HIGH
Lord, I lift Your name on high. Lord I love to
sing Your praises
I’m so glad You’re in my life. I’m so glad You
came to save us
You came from heaven to earth, to show
the way
From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay
From the cross to grave, from the grave to
the sky
Lord I lift Your name on high.
COME AND SING PRAISES
Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones.
Ascribe to the Lord, glory and strength
Ascribe to the Lord, the Glory due His name
Worship the Lord in the beauty of His
holiness
Come and sing praises, to the Rock of all ages
Come and sing praises to Jesus my Lord
Come and adore Him, bow down before Him
Come and sing praises to Jesus our Lord
COME HOLY SPIRIT
Come Holy Spirit fall on me now.
I need your anointing come in your power
I love you Holy Spirit, You're captivating my soul
And everyday I grow to love you more.
I'm reaching for your heart
You hold my life in your hands
Drawing me closer to you
I feel your power renew
Nothing compares to this place.
Where I can see you face to face
I worship you in spirit and in truth
CALL TO WORSHIP (RESPONSIVE)
One: How shall we know that we have
found favor in your sight, O God?
All: How do children know that they are
created in your image?
One: How do we raise up youth to always
know your presence goes with
them?
All: How do we find this faith within
ourselves, O God?
One: With Moses, we implore, “Show us
your glory.”
All: With the children, we seek your
graciousness now.
SINGING OF INVOCATION
Bring many names, beautiful and good,
celebrate, in parable and story,
holiness in glory, living, loving God.
Hail and hosanna! Bring many names!
Young, growing God, eager, on the move,
saying no to falsehood and unkindness,
crying out for justice, giving all you have:
Hail and hosanna, young, growing God!
Great, living God, never fully known,
joyful darkness far beyond our seeing,
closer yet than breathing, everlasting
home: Hail and hosanna, great, living God!
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (IN UNISON)
Growing God, we confess that we cling to
the comfortable, fall back on the familiar,
and allow apathy to dull our hearts and our
commitment.
We shrug our shoulders and say that
poverty is inevitable even as it deprives
children of the fullness of life that you
intend and they deserve.
We throw up our hands at the number of
children without health coverage and
accept what is unacceptable. We shake our
heads over the bursting prisons but turn
away from the things that push children
toward prison rather than keeping them on
the path to success.
Forgive us, Growing God, for callousness
instead of compassion, for
discouragement instead of determination,
for selfishness instead of service.
Allow us to grow into your ways and find
favor in your sight. Mature with us so that
just love may be realized for all your
children. Daydream with us so that we
might do justice on behalf of all children.
Answer these prayers we pray in the name
of your Beloved Child, the hope of the
world. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
God grows with you. Look upon God’s face, as
He speaks sweetly to you, saying, I will do the
very thing you have asked; for you have found
favor in my sight, and I know you by name.
P: The peace of God be with you always.
C: And also with you
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
HEBREW READING:
ISAIAH 45:1-7
you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God
of Israel, who call you by your name.
PSALTER READING: PSALM 96:1-13
One: O sing to God a new song; sing to
God, all the earth.
Many: Sing to the God, bless God's name;
tell of God's salvation from day to day.
One: Declare God's glory among the
nations, God's marvelous works among all
the peoples.
Many: For great is God, and greatly to be
praised; God is to be revered above all gods.
One: For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but God made the heavens.
Many: Honor and majesty are before God;
strength and beauty are in God's sanctuary.
One: Ascribe to God, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to God glory and strength.
Many: Ascribe to God the glory due God's
name; bring an offering, and come into God's
courts.
One: Worship God in holy splendor; tremble
before him, all the earth.
Many: Say among the nations, "God is ruler! The
world is firmly established; it shall never be
moved.
One: God will judge the peoples God will judge the
people with equity."
Many: Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth
rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the
field exult, and everything in it.
One: Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for
joy before God; for God is coming, for God is
coming to judge the earth.
Many: God will judge the world with
righteousness, and the peoples with God truth.
GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 22:15-22
Give therefore to the emperor the things
that are the emperor's, and to God the
things that are God's.
HULA OFFERING: VALERIE ANCOG
(KANAKA WAIWAI)
PLEASE PASS PRAYER SLIPS DOWN THE
AISLE
SERMON: BELONGING TO GOD
GOD REIGNS O’RE ALL THE EARTH
God reigns o’er all the earth!
Green hills and valleys low,
the farms and towns in golds and browns
God’s grace and beauty show.
God reigns o’er all the earth!
Stone banks and spreading plains,
in rainbow hues – reds, yellows, blues
-of streams and country lanes.
God reigns o’er human life!
Through youth and aging years,
in death, in birth, in grief, in mirth,
in all our hopes and fears.
God reigns o’er human life!
Our inspiration still.
Through all our schemes, in all our dreams,
we see God’s reigning will.
God reigns o’er time and space!
In history’s bygone days,
Christ’s faithful folk in reverence spoke
to bring God earnest praise.
God reigns o’er time and space!
O’er galaxy and sun,
through timeless years the cosmos hears
the heavenly music run.
God reigns! Emmanuel!
God with us every day,
in all our past and to the last,
our comfort and our stay.
God reigns! Emmanuel!
Let praise to Christ be sung!
God’s presence here makes all things dear.
Let joyful bells be rung!
PASTORAL PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread; and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those
who sin against us; and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. AMEN.
RESPONSE
Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on me
(2x)
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit
of the Living God, fall afresh on me.
OFFERTORY INVITATION
God looks upon your face. God assures you
when nothing else can.
“My presence will go with you”, God says. “I
will give you rest”, God prays.
Let us carry this spirit into our giving. Let us
praise God with our gifts of tithes and offerings.
A DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God all creatures here below,
Praise God above, ye heavenly host, Praise
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
OFFERTORY PRAYER
O God, help us to recover our hope for our
children’s sake. Help us to recover our courage for
our children’s sake. Help us to recover our
discipline for our children’s sake. Help us to
recover our ability to work together for our
children’s sake. Help us to recover our values for
our children’s sake. Help us to recover our faith in
you for our children’s sake. Amen.
LEAD ON ETERNAL SALVATION
Lead on, eternal Sovereign We follow in Your
way
Loud rings your cry for justice Your call for
peace this day
Through prayerful preparation Your grace will
make us strong,
To carry on the struggle To triumph over wrong.
Lead on, eternal Sovereign We follow
not with fear
For in each human conflict Your words
of strength we hear
That when we serve with gladness You
will not let us fall
Our trust is in Your promise That love
will conquer all.
Lead on, eternal Sovereign Till sin’s fierce
war shall cease
And all Your saints together Will sing a
hymn of peace
Then all in Your dominion Will live with
hearts set free
To love and serve each other For all
eternity.
BLESSING AND RESPONSE
And God will raise you up on eagle’s wings
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
make you to shine like the sun. And hold
you in the palm of God’s hand.